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Bob Goodlatte: “I would leave that entirely to the discretion of the court. I think that in some circumstances, it might be appropriate…”

On the recordMarch 6, 1995
I would leave that entirely to the discretion of the court. I think that in some circumstances, it might be appropriate to award attorney's fees regardless of those circumstances. In others, I feel that it might not. It is not my intention to define that in that fashion.
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Bob Goodlatte
Republican · Virginia

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Discussing the discretion of courts in awarding attorney's fees.

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